Literature · Issue 89 · 02.17.23
Poetry: Reasons to stand in the rain
Words Amanda Deboer BartlettPhotography Aleksandr Karjaka1 min
Because someday it will be illegal or poisonous or both
Because your hair doesn’t matter, and neither does your shirt
Because you want to make out with the sky
Because if someone really loves you, they’ll love you sopping wet
Because it traveled all the way to heaven, and still chose earth
- Amanda Deboer Bartlett
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Amanda Deboer Bartlett
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, DMA is a classical vocalist and singer-songwriter based in Chicago, IL. She is a founding member of Quince Ensemble, an all-women contemporary vocal group, and Hasco Duo, an experimental improvisation and songwriting project. She is also a member of and program curator for Ensemble Dal Niente, a Chicago-based chamber orchestra that commissions and performs the music of living composers.
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